Premium Times quoted the APC as telling BBOG convener, Oby Ezekwesili that the party had to change its strategy towards the group when it came into power in 2015.

APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. His party says it has changed strategy towards BBOG.

The party made its position known via series of tweets in response to Ezekwesili’s blistering verbal attack on President Buhari’s failure to rescue the girls on her own Twitter handle.

Ezekwesili had condemned the renting of a crowd to stop BBOG protest and quoted a line from President Buhari’s inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 in which he said: “We cannot claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons.”

She then referred APC to the party’s December 2014 tweet, in which it said, “It’s hours to New Year celebration. Our Chibok girls aren’t home yet. If you talk about it, they label you ‘opposition’. Things must change.”

And the party replied: “As opposition then, #BringBackOurGirls was an open campaign, since that was the only way we could pressure government into action.

Oby Ezekwesili is disappointed at the way BBOG and chibok girls rescue is being treated and she believes President Buhari is going down the wrong lane.

“However, as leading party, our strategy changed. We’re most concerned with actual efforts to rescue the girls and our efforts are evident.”